Though the cords of the wicked ensnare me, I do not forget thy law.
While he was yet speaking, there came another, and said, “The Chaldeans formed three companies, and made a raid upon the camels and took them, and slew the servants with the edge of the sword; and I alone have escaped to tell you.”
I will delight in thy statutes; I will not forget thy word.
I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant, for I do not forget thy commandments.
The wicked lie in wait to destroy me; but I consider thy testimonies.
Arrogant men have hidden a trap for me, and with cords they have spread a net, by the wayside they have set snares for me. Selah
O Lord, how many are my foes! Many are rising against me;
Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will pay the man back for what he has done.”
As robbers lie in wait for a man, so the priests are banded together; they murder on the way to Shechem, yea, they commit villainy.